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Topic: Post boy too fast. (Read 1451 times)

One of the mainstays in my early games is the post boy. Low running costs and it takes 15 bundles of mail.

But at 12km/h I think he's a little too fast for realism. Humans can and do achieve this regularly, but it's basically the speed of an average marathon runner (running it in 3 1/2 hours). Walking speed is closer to 5 or 6 km/h.

Walking speed with a full sack of post would also be slower. Do post boys yet have a maximum distance between stops. Obviously there should be a limit to the length of rounds, or as good a proxy restriction as we can come up with.

He is needed as he is the only viable way to deliver mail by road on roads serviced by coaches. Coaches run at 12 km/h so he mixes with them well. All other mail delivery options are slower so will cause service interruptions to the 12 km/h coach line due to them refusing/unable to overtake.